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San Francisco Attempts to Soften Language that is Used to Refer To Criminals As Not To Hurt Their Feelings


You can keep the problems that already exist in San Francisco such as urine, drug needles and rampant feces flooding the streets of this place.

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This city is known for higher crime rate.

This has gained a reputation in the nation for recording the highest number of crimes. Amidst of all these, the city’s Board of Supervisors is trying to use soft language to refer the criminals.

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There are a few guidelines that are prepared and are implemented by the board of supervisors on language.

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The person who is convinced and has been released from the jail after completing the jail term will be called as the former incarcerated person or the justice involved person or the returning accident person.

These are the terms that would be used for the criminals who are released from the jail and want to lead a normal life. This is the report that was given by San Francisco Chronicle.

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The people completing the criminal probation are called as “person on parade” or the person under supervision.

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The juvenile will be called as the young person who is involved in the justice system or the young person who is impacted by the juvenile justice system.

The people who are prone to drug addiction are called as a person with the history of substance usage.

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Sandra Lee Fewer who is the supervisor who has come up with these guidelines. Another supervisor named, Matt Haney stated that they do not want the miscreants to be named as miscreants even after their jail term for doing wrong.

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They want the criminals to lead a respectful life and contribute to the welfare of the society.

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The criminals are called as felonies, which is the scarlet letter that would not go away from them. These are the words used to segregate these people from the rest of the society and to make them appear to be normal.

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The people who have been put behind parts could not lead a normal life due to the social stigma and negative stereotypes.

There are many people who want to quit from doing legal things, since crimes are putting them into depression.

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